maxudaskin Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I want to make my own forum for my website, but I am having difficulty thinking of good features. Do not be afraid to say obvious things because to me, it might not be obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amites Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 how about digging up a couple different open source forums and taking notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxudaskin Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have this open: http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/compare.php The thing is, I want the user's perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 forum itself, catagorys, pm system, profile, signature, post count, user group(relative to post count), replying(duh!) similies.... etc i could go on forever, a forum is a major job that some people dont realize... if you want a quick job use phpbb or some simular, they are good forums and only take afew minutes to setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxudaskin Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I want to make my own, going with open source is too easy and I have taken the easy way out too many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amites Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm not saying use an open source one, install a couple different ones and look at the features they have, the beauty of open source software, especially software that has been in development for quite a while like phpBB is that the user community and the developing community have a great deal of discussion for ideas to be tossed back and forth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlindauer Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I want a forum that will auto post for me. You know, to make it seem like I am active. Or, a forum that runs itself. Automatically updates, automatically creates backups, automatically bans people. The less work I have to do the better How about a forum that you never have to even visit? All posts are done via email, text messaging, through desktop widgets, or iPhone web apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_mind Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 You're thinking a wee bit beyond yourself right now, i would suggest just sitting down and writing a basic open commenting system and then moving from there, thats the way i did, and people requested something and i added it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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